Apart from the latter half of the nineties, Holy Moses
has, in a lot of different shapes, been more or less active since the
early eighties and female lead vocalist Sabina Classen has been a part
of this outfit since 1981, but otherwise the band holds a pretty new
lineup at this point. I'm familiar with the band since a long time,
yet it never gave any major lasting impressions to me personally and
this issue is one of the reasons to why I decided that it was time to
give this brand new release a shot.

Redefined Mayhem mostly shows mean and genuine thrash
metal with an even meaner vocal performance. Classen works mainly between
rather typical aggressive thrash vocals and some kind of death growl
that absolutely puts a signature to this record, but personally I guess
I'm not too fond of these sort of vocals when I enjoy this type of music.

It's rather traditional and intense with a distinct element
of a brutal approach. Naturally it holds a little more modern tone than
what was created three decades ago, although its origin surely can't
be mistaken. In general, this record follows a pretty clear direction,
although all the songs of course aren't copies of each other, as they
vary slightly with a couple of heavier songs that in some moments even
could be labeled as heavy metal.

Although a number of songs have stuff with great capacity,
they are somehow not really appealing when you look at the big picture.
As I see it, it's pretty much the same performance most of the time.
It battles through in a firm and rather brutal form, but I never find
those crucial and impeccable ongoing moments that are able to launch
records to greater points.

I can't find many songs that really have an impact that
makes me want to put the gauntlet on and wield the axe to exercise full-blown
metal rites. It seems like the indications of greater deeds lurk somewhere
in the shadows and this release can't convince me in total. In the end,
I think this release is pretty okay though, nothing more, nothing less.